Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies

A holiday favorite! These Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies are a buttery, melt in your mouth treat dipped in powdered sugar.  A must add to your Christmas cookie list. 

Making these Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies is truly one of my fondest memories of my childhood Christmas traditions. I made these cookies and these Oreo Balls with my mother every single year and I felt like such a big girl rolling the dough into little balls.  It’s so great carrying on the tradition with my children as well.

Some people know them as Mexican Wedding Cookies or even Russian Tea cookies.  However you know them,  they are melt-in-your-mouth yumminess that everyone loves.

They are a simple buttery shortbread cookie with chopped pecans in the dough. After cooking and cooling, they are rolled in powdered sugar for the finished touch.

Pro Tip:

You can swap out the pecans for mini chocolate chips if you have an allergy in your household.

How to Make Snowball Cookies

Cream the butter and sugar

Add water and vanilla.

Add flour and pecans and mix thoroughly.

Chill for 2 – 3 hours

Roll into 1 inch balls.

Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 325 F for 20 minutes.

Cool slightly

Roll in confectioners sugar.

Store in an airtight container.

Try these other Holiday treats too:

Simple Peppermint Bark

Raspberry Pecan Pinwheel Cookies

Easy Oreo Balls

Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies

Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies

A holiday favorite! These Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies are a must to add to your Christmas cookie list.

5 from 6 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Chill dough: 2 hours

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 48

Calories: 81kcal

Author: Sherri Hagymas

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter 2 sticks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp water
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour sifted
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 1/2 cup confectioners Sugar

Instructions

• Cream the butter and sugar
• Add water and vanilla.
• Add flour and pecans and mix thoroughly.
• Chill for 2 - 3 hours
• Roll into 1 inch balls.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325 F for 20 minutes.
• Cool slightly
• Roll in confectioners sugar.
• Store in air tight container.

Notes

Use another favorite chopped nut like walnuts, pistachios or almonds.

You can swap out the pecans for mini chocolate chips if you have an allergy in your household.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ball | Calories: 81kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 16mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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